An American court widened the circle of belonging while African courts were used to narrow it, posing the oldest question in politics: who gets counted in.
Opinion · Democracy
Key Facts
—The question. One theme ran under a week of unrelated headlines: not who governs, but who belongs, and who decides.
—The American answer. On June 30 the US Supreme Court struck down, six to three, an attempt to end birthright citizenship.
—The author. The majority opinion was written by the chief justice, resting on the Fourteenth Amendment.
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